News published on Federal Newswire in April 2022

Biden Administration Announces Onshore Lease Sales, Raises Royalty Rate

By Press release submission | Apr 19, 2022

Today, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) announced that the Bureau of Land Management will post notices for lease sales, including approximately 173 parcels of public land, on Monday, April 18. House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response:

E&C Republicans Want Answers on Secretive Nature of HHS Research’s Review Process

By Press release submission | Apr 19, 2022

House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra on the flawed and overly secretive review process of whether risky research for potential pandemic pathogens can be conducted safely and have a justifiable benefit.

USITC Makes Determination In Five-Year (Sunset) Review Concerning Welded Stainless Steel Pressure Pipe from India

By Press release submission | Apr 19, 2022

The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) today determined that revoking the existing antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders on imports of welded stainless steel pressure pipe from India would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time.

Census Bureau Releases New U.S. Population Estimates by Age and Sex

By Press release submission | Apr 19, 2022

The U.S. Census Bureau today released a downloadable file containing estimates of the nation’s resident population by sex and single year of age for July 1, 2021.

FirstNet, Built with AT&T is Connecting More First Responders Across California

By Press release submission | Apr 19, 2022

What’s the news? AT&T(link is external) is America’s public safety communications partner.

NTIA’s Institute for Telecommunication Sciences and Department of Defense Launch 5G Challenge to Accelerate Development of Open 5G Ecosystem

By Press release submission | Apr 19, 2022

Today, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (ITS), in Boulder, Colo., announced the launch of the 5G Challenge in collaboration with the Department of Defense (DoD).

Compliance Assistance in Place to Support Fishermen Changing Gear to Protect Right Whales

By Press release submission | Apr 19, 2022

As we announced last fall in our final rule to implement new measures to protect North Atlantic right whales, the deadline for Northeast lobster and Jonah crab fishermen to make the necessary gear modifications is May 1, 2022.

Sustainable Fisheries, Sustainable Seafood

By Press release submission | Apr 19, 2022

Every year on Earth Day, NOAA Fisheries joins citizens and organizations around the world in celebrating our planet and recognizing the need to care for our natural resources.

NOAA Seeks Information About a Live Dolphin Impaled in the Head on Fort Myers Beach

By Press release submission | Apr 19, 2022

NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement is asking the public for any information about a dead dolphin found recently on Fort Myers Beach, Florida. A necropsy, non-human autopsy, revealed the dolphin was impaled in the head with a spear-like object while alive.

U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $2.4 Million to Support Life Sciences Industry in Murrieta, California

By Press release submission | Apr 19, 2022

Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.4 million grant to the city of Murrieta, California, for renovations to the Murrieta Innovation Center needed to develop a life science startup incubator.

U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $1.1 Million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance for Biotechnology Expansion to Develop Treatments for COVID-19 in Brooklyn, New York

By Press release submission | Apr 19, 2022

Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.1 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to BioBAT, Inc., Brooklyn, New York, for the renovation of workspace designated for two biotechnology companies.